Telehealth in audiology: the need and potential to reach underserved communities.
Abstract Permanent hearing loss is a leading global health care burden, with 1 in 10 people affected to a mild or greater degree. A shortage of trained healthcare professionals and associated infrastructure and resource limitations mean that hearing health services are unavailable to the majority of...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 195 - 203 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2010
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